Javelin Thrower Suspended After Drug Test

Published
6:00 pm CST, Tuesday, January 14, 2003

A javelin thrower who failed a drug test has been suspended for two years and must forfeit a first-place finish.

Emily Carlsten, of Gainesville, Fla., tested positive for amphetamine, a stimulant prohibited under international athletic rules, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday. Carlsten was tested April 26 after winning her event at the 2002 Penn Relays.

The positive test was caused by prescription medicine she had been taking on and off for five years. It contains an amphetamine.

Carlsten will ask to be reinstated earlier than June 2004, when the suspension expires, the anti-doping agency said.